It's Saturday Night - and the Temperature is Down to 90

rnewste · May 17, 2008

We've had an oppressive heat wave in Northern California, breaking all historic records that set in Thursday. 102 Thursday, 101 on Friday, and 99 today. The promising news is that tomorrow, we should "only" hit 86.

I've had a lot of flowers that were directly exposed to the Sun turn brown and fall off in droves. Fortunately, the flowers that were leaf shaded appear to be hanging in there. Many of the plants have added 3" in growth since the heat wave set in, so some good has come of it. I just hope this isn't a harbinger of things to come this Summer.

The 2 Stupice are the early winners with 14 good sized tomatoes on one plant and 26 on the other plant.

Ray

**coronabarb** · May 17, 2008

It's 7:18pm and is 90 degrees here too. Darn this heat. Some of my plants are wilting in the afternoon and the chicks are too hot in the brooder. I had to put them outside today but must now round them up to go back in for the night. It hit 115 inside that building today!

Vince · May 18, 2008

Ray,

That is unbelievable. Usually it is hotter down south than up north. Must be a temperature inversion do to global warming.

Barb,

It is actually not much,if at all, cooler in Pasadena compared to Riverside. The chikens would be cooking here as well.

Vince
, who just bought three squash plants to put into pots and started bush beans today even though his small yard is a jungle infested with tomato plants

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creister · May 19, 2008

And the heat wave is now in Texas. High of 99 today. Cooling off to mid 90's into Thursday. Glad I started early this year.

May 17, 2008	#1
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	It's Saturday Night - and the Temperature is Down to 90 We've had an oppressive heat wave in Northern California, breaking all historic records that set in Thursday. 102 Thursday, 101 on Friday, and 99 today. The promising news is that tomorrow, we should "only" hit 86. I've had a lot of flowers that were directly exposed to the Sun turn brown and fall off in droves. Fortunately, the flowers that were leaf shaded appear to be hanging in there. Many of the plants have added 3" in growth since the heat wave set in, so some good has come of it. I just hope this isn't a harbinger of things to come this Summer. The 2 Stupice are the early winners with 14 good sized tomatoes on one plant and 26 on the other plant. Ray

May 17, 2008	#2
coronabarb Tomatoville® Recipe Keeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roseburg, Oregon - zone 7 Posts: 2,821	It's 7:18pm and is 90 degrees here too. Darn this heat. Some of my plants are wilting in the afternoon and the chicks are too hot in the brooder. I had to put them outside today but must now round them up to go back in for the night. It hit 115 inside that building today! __________________ Corona~Barb Now an Oregon gal

May 18, 2008	#3
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Ray, That is unbelievable. Usually it is hotter down south than up north. Must be a temperature inversion do to global warming. Barb, It is actually not much,if at all, cooler in Pasadena compared to Riverside. The chikens would be cooking here as well. Vince , who just bought three squash plants to put into pots and started bush beans today even though his small yard is a jungle infested with tomato plants . __________________ Vince

May 19, 2008	#4
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	And the heat wave is now in Texas. High of 99 today. Cooling off to mid 90's into Thursday. Glad I started early this year.